but some how did you go from acting to get involved in the u_s_ champion for
perot
how that come about
well you know this is something the student body lying dormant in me for
most of my life
cannot really do
an activist time my father was an activist promises such an activist at
the f_b_i_ came
sample that i can
yourself is to make is that right
camera dot copyrighted
i thought it is laid back and drive for a
has come for a little longer you know i and marched in
means civil rights
hotels and i
that's against him toward vietnam have but i don't think i was
however was passionately
feel that that's part of that week
you can't make it seem that sort of attack
my son's extreme
has been necessities christine
restricting content
i thought that this the time was right
means somebody up
that third party who uh...
jamie resistant
for permanent
they contacted us pete
and she contacted us and
we have a meeting
and it just seemed as i said to sing the appropriate moment in my life uh...
structure
uh... and we're also trying to sound
race not sentimental about the people back a little you know
handwritten cashing in
and my suspicion is star trek and here was an opportunity
to use that kache
to how
have said some very
very modestly
the world with more claire be tragedy that that is burned
i think that makes perfect sense because honestly out you know what to do what i
had you on this show close enough so so sorry for
right if you work
you know dot walter jones as opposed to all the water just sort of things
but that's the postal authorities
but intend to use the contribute back a little bit and even if it's a little bit
it makes all the difference in the world and here we are trying our purpose of
over into the conversation here it is your son uh... agents tells a little bit
about u_s_ campaign for burma and what's happening in burma people should
okay well on
she might actually be there with the facts but the truth is uh... burma has
been under military regime for a number of decades
in eighty eight is a big crackdown
uh... massacre and sizes appeasement the military government said okay what you
have elections may in nineteen ninety elected
courageous and that
uh... populist elected uh...
unsung suchi
uh... who became the president the democratically elected president of
uh... she's under house arrest for seventeen years and never allowed to
take over as president of the country
so
uh...
while by unit are for is getting attention
every other places in
thank god for that
burma which is now open
remained here mark
is has been suffering all this time
uh... there's been a systematic and elimination of uh...
the ethnic groups specially
program
assault people who don't from the airport the border with time and
and uh... we have a lot of then in uh... in time and uh...
refugee camps
satisfactory and political people in burma
a sequel it would be like the difference between mexico city and shoppers
you have your city folk and you have the people that you know the more ethnic
people around the country
so there's a crack in the political stuff does also the putting down
villages in the killing of people
in a moral areas
that enjoy leader will you ever processes what why are you doing
and it is always you know of some disobedient like the way you know it's
rwanda or there
or inconclusive and or in this case that are more hamar
was the government's motive for
for a bit at ease of progress
well the government and there is no three dictatorship
later took over
appointment there was a lot of restaurant restlessness
and it was interesting
they have come to
to the play something they don't want to relinquish control in an under any
circumstances
when they had the elections and
nineteen ninety
it's hard to know what they were thinking
because running the country voted democratic
the ml d national league for democracy i think it's called
the particular sublicense incident left democrat
that party to take over control of the government
this is the area and you know
in a moment
arms
recently want to keep control of country controlled the economics of the country
make sure that they stay in power
and has and he says state systematically going about destroying infrastructure of
all these different ethnic states
live longer
tentative make sure that happens sp sal what does the u_s_ campaign for burma
there
trying to do with it right it was and all of a new website u_s_ champion for
burma dot org
what's the effort there
but i think it's sister commission the any
to bleak uh... the world more conscious complex transporting
the fact that despues
an extraordinary puedo act catastrophic
situation
uh... the
the
the population of burma is about fifty two million seventy five percent of the
people internal live below the poverty line
uh... the uh...
that's enough still don't think and request for the return corporate krugman
into the army
uh... is got causes as young as seven
seven there
the interior of the air force a german military academies eleven tons and tons
uh... rate
is stayed another tacitly approved
uh... white what remains of operation
um... both who you know to trying to get into the troops
and as as a means of ethnic cleansing
the more
stab babies are born there
hapsburg berman
arguments
full-blooded karen ordered for any of the other states
the the more they are whittling away at the infrastructure of the state's have
you know uh... emasculate in their cultures
and making sure that they can't
come together
to left to form any kind of uh... protest up against the government so
used and reliable it is also the uh... aspect of resources
whitehurst envelopes in them
or corporate about ten years ago when unocal as billing a pipeline
let
using forced labor
at the hands of uh... military the military's guns
so that's part of the reason that this ethnic cleansing is also going on is
because the taking over resources uh... uh... i think i don't know
cantik is part of it but i think it's been a while
or gas
so use the same story see all over the call of the world an actual
little bit about what
friend of mine from the army and from college who keeps trying to get me and
he goes of yours snuggles madison across the border from parliament theatre and
he told me that
that they have the people
to the pipeline but all the way to china
but you would drive starvation chained to the pipeline glossy chain duit to
prevent people from your own ethnic group
blowing up a pipeline
also we buy a lot of stuff in this country that's actually made
manufacturing
yeah that's absolutely outrageous well now uh... at least officially
prime officially done nothing to lose i mean right below the products from cheap
sunglasses
desai lti fence or
knowing doormen they're they're shipped out for chinese companies because the
train the uh... clinton congress
which should have
prohibited the you further investment american companies in
anything to do the right person to return
congress
um... which it doesn't look this is not allowed
uh... product is going to get the program bargain product
from burning into this country
uh... we have been doing a yeung relatively
uh... of
uh... making our protest leader talked to some balls month no
well that's a good notes and and and
uh... it everybody says u_s_ campaign for burma dot org for more information
on how you are the help of too
alter caning an entertaining thank you so much for joining us on the actors
really appreciate it